I can’t resist doing this… I mean, the holidays are coming up… And normally I would do a “Ten for Thursday” blog post here. But today… I’m feeling frisky enough to do a “Twelve for Thursday.” And I’m going to sing about it. That’s right, folks, Chuck’s doing some karaoke to support the TU’s community […]
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Farther than any explorer has ever traveled into the arctic world … there stands a gigantic factory. Santa’s Workshop, as most people call it. It’s the largest employer in the Arctic Circle, and everyone, from the elves to the fairies to the winter animals, are getting ready for the big night – the night when […]
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Once upon a time (and by “time,” I mean the late 1960’s), there were televised Christmas specials that populated the big three television channels in our area – WRGB 6, WTEN 10 and WAST 13. We received the classics at that time – Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas – […]
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I knew there was something wrong with this scoring. Follow along with me. Last week, my Nemesis team had an off night. No argument there, and as the team captain, I’ll take the lumps. We actually got knocked down from 10th place among all “Catch the Mania” teams around the Capital District to 16th place, […]
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David Lawrence is one of my best buds from college. After graduation, he got a job with the World Bank and moved to Eastern Europe. Two years ago, he returned to the United States for a few weeks, and we met up in New York City. Dave’s job has taken him from Mongolia to Indonesia, […]
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There’s so much of my life that is intertwined with the railroad. My maternal grandfather worked for the New York Central and Penn Central railroads in his time. I never pass up a chance to travel via Amtrak, or to ride one of the “scenic” railroads that wind through the countryside. And you know me […]
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It became my third car last year, surpassing the 1991 Pontiac 6000 that I commandeered from my nearly-blind Grandma Betty, and the 2005 Saturn Ion that I bought in an emergency when that Pontiac finally died. It became the first car that was purchased through study and test drives and financing and opinions and consultation. […]
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Am I prepared? You bet I’m prepared. Not just physically, but emotionally. And I may have saved a life in the process. Wednesday evening, I made sure that the Blackbird not only had a full tank of gasoline, but that it also had my favorite holiday Yankee Candle “car jar” air freshener – Balsam and […]
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Okay. All I need to do now is get ready to go deliver turkey dinners for the Equinox Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner. Have I taken care of everything? Yes. Okay, I’m out the door. See you later. Oh wait. I forgot something. It’s Thursday, and I need to share with you ten fantastic blog posts […]
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“It will be a great feast,” Vincent the king orange tabbycat smiled. “Thanksgiving in Collarworld is a wonderful time.” “Will we get treats?” asked Butterscotch the calico cat. “My master used to give me meat scraps from the Thanksgiving table.” “We will all get to enjoy the great feast,” said Vincent. “This is our chance […]
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